Budget 2026
Budget 2026: Towards a More Selective, Infrastructure-Led Credit Cycle
Budget 2026 shifts focus from subsidies to infrastructure, but success will hinge on execution and last-mile credit delivery.
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Finance
Budget 2026: NBFCs, Consumer Credit, and the Push to Scale Deeptech Startups
As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, expectations are building across India’s financial services and startup ecosystem for policy signals that go beyond headline allocations.
Business News
Budget 2025 Ups Focus on Fintech and New-age Tech, Garners Positive Response from VCs
Union Budget 2025 has put a heightened focus on new-age technology and fintech alongside other areas, which has gathered a positive response from the venture capital (VC) community.
Business News
Union Budget 2025: Empowering MSMEs as Catalysts for Economic Growth
With MSMEs contributing approximately 36 per cent to manufacturing output and 45 per cent to exports, the sector's role in achieving the vision of 'Viksit Bharat' is undeniable.
Business News
India’s Quick Commerce Startups Poised to Go Global, Says Finance Minister Sitharaman
Sitharaman additionally proposed that Prasar Bharati enhance its streaming capabilities to create an international-standard OTT platform.
Business News
MSMEs Expect to Benefit From FM’s New Credit Guarantee Scheme
The INR 100 crore credit guarantee scheme is expected to serve as a vital catalyst for MSME growth and resilience by enabling businesses to secure financing without traditional barriers. Industry experts agree that this program has the potential to unlock new avenues of opportunity for MSMEs, encouraging entrepreneurship, fostering local manufacturing, and contributing to the nation's export ecosystem.
Business News
India’s Innovation Landscape Set for Growth, Says Finance Minister
GCCs, primarily driven by multinational corporations, have seen rapid growth in India, with nearly 56 per cent of their revenue now coming from research and development (R&D) services.
Business News
Finance Minister Launches HSBC’s Green Hydrogen Partnership
The partnerships are expected to help boost the government's National Green Hydrogen Mission, which is providing policy support towards achieving global leadership in green hydrogen transition
By Teena Jose
Business News
Finance Bill 2023 Passed: Key Takeaways
The Lok Sabha on Friday approved The Bill with 64 official amendments
Business News
Centre Open To Inclusion Of Petroleum Products Under GST Regime, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
The finance minister said the fiscal consolidation for which the government had given a road map, they are completely aligning themselves with it
By Teena Jose
Business News
Nirmala Sitharaman Reviews MCA Site Glitches And Directs To Form Special Team To Resolve
The latest version of MCA21 portal was launched on January 23
By Teena Jose
Business News
Discount Discussions Against Scrapped Vehicles With Finance Ministry In Works: Nitin Gadkari
The minister said during the scrapping process, the cost of raw materials for the automotive industry was reduced by 33%, while sales increased by 10%-12%
By Teena Jose
Business News
Nirmala Sitharaman Suggests Changes In Customs Act To Deal With Cryptocurrency: Report
Sitharaman said that there is a cocktail of developments which encompasses the dark web and artificial intelligence, web3 and Meta, and also urged the officials to sit up and take note of these
By Teena Jose
Business News
Finance Minister Concludes Pre-Budget Meetings For Union Budget 2023-24
The meetings were held in virtual mode between November 21 and November 28
By Teena Jose
Business News
NPS Money Belongs To Employees As Per Law, Not For State Governments, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
The finance minister said that it was the previous Congress government of Virabhadra Singh in Himachal that discontinued OPS in 2003 and started NPS
By Teena Jose
Business News
Innovation Plays Key Role In Making India Developed By 2047, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
While pointing out the significance of digitalization that has been laid into medical services, education and software as a service (SaaS) sector, Sitharaman said there is immense potential to take it up further
By Teena Jose
Business News
Inflation Management Cannot Be Singularly Left To RBI, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
The finance minister said that the word 'taming inflation' or the word 'keeping it within the tolerance limit', is an exercise of so many different activities and a majority of which is outside the monetary policy in today's circumstances
By Teena Jose
Business News
Government Is Not Considering Any Charges For UPI, Says Finance Ministry
The ministry also said that the concerns of the service providers for cost recovery have to be met through other means
By Teena Jose
Business News
Regulation Or Ban Of Cryptocurrencies Require Global Collaboration, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
The finance minister said that any legislation for regulation or for banning can be effective only after significant international collaboration on evaluation of the risks and benefits and evolution of common taxonomy and standards
By Teena Jose
Business News
Indian Fintech Market Is Expected To Reach $150 Billion By 2025, Says Pankaj Chaudhary
The minister of state for finance said India's fintech adoption rate is 87 per cent as against the global average of 64 per cent
By Teena Jose
Business News
Infrastructure Gets a Big Boost, Expecting High Growth Trajectory
Funding of these projects involves heavy capital expenditure and long gestation period and finding resources for the same is a crucial and challenging issue
Business News
Here’s What Startups and MSMEs Expect
The government in various forums has communicated and demonstrated that MSMEs are the backbone of the Indian economy
By Kapil Rana
Business News
Enable the Creation Of a High-Trust, High-Performance Economy
The bridge between reality and ambition comprises three pillars: enabling consumption to drive demand, investment to create wealth and healthy financial habits to manage wealth
By Kunal Shah
Business News
Expectations From the Education Sector
The budget allocation for the education sectors should be increased by at least 9-10 per cent compared with the previous year
Business News
[Budget 2020] Seed Funds, ESOP Tax Deferral By 5 Years Announced For Start-ups
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said start-ups "have emerged as engines of growth for our economy" and announced some key policies benefiting the community
Business News
The New Taxation Laws Bring Respite for the Manufacturing Sector
The recently passed Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will help to promote foreign investment in India for firms looking to invest outside of the US and China following their trade war, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Business News
Will Privatization of PSUs Turn Beneficial for the Modi Government
Indian government in a bid to execute a disinvestment plan is queuing up the sale of five public sector units including major business stakes